Carrigart, Co. Donegal
Re-roofing in Carrigart, Co. Donegal
County Donegal: 32.6% of households here are in dwellings built before 1981.
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Re-roofing: what the job involves
Stripping a pitched roof back to the rafters and re-covering it: new breathable membrane, battens, flashings, ridge and slates or tiles. It is the answer when slates are slipping everywhere or the felt has perished, and usually lasts for decades.
How long it takes: Usually one to three weeks for a house, depending on size, complexity and weather; timber repairs and a chimney rebuild add days.
The full guide to re-roofing — the steps, what is included, the Irish rules, paperwork and questions to ask.
What re-roofing in Carrigart costs, and why
What jobs on Talqero came to
Not enough comparable jobs yet to publish a range here. Talqero shows a price range only once at least five comparable jobs, agreed prices or offers exist — a range from fewer would describe a handful of jobs, not the market. Post your job and compare the offers you get.
What affects the price
- Roof area, pitch and complexity: hips, valleys, dormers and chimneys
- The covering chosen: natural slate, fibre-cement slate or concrete tile
- Scaffolding for the whole job and its hire period
- Timber repairs and new fascia found once the roof is open
- Lead work on chimneys, valleys and abutments
- Disposal, and whether the old covering contains asbestos
- VAT: building work on a home is charged at the reduced 13.5% rate by a VAT-registered roofer, unless materials are more than two-thirds of the price (Revenue’s two-thirds rule)
- VAT: building work on a home is charged at the reduced rate of 13.5% by a VAT-registered business — unless the materials come to more than two-thirds of the price, when Revenue’s two-thirds rule applies the goods rate to the whole job. Ask whether a quote includes VAT.
County Donegal: what the figures say
32.6% of households in County Donegal live in homes built before 1981 — below the national figure of 40.7%, and the 22nd highest share of the 26 counties.
Roofs on houses of that age were usually laid on bitumen felt rather than a breathable membrane and many are on their original covering, so one repair often turns up others — ask for photographs.
Central Statistics Office, 2022
What to ask before you choose
- Will you send photographs of what you find and what you fixed?
- Is scaffolding included, and for how long?
- What guarantee is there on the work and on the materials?
- Do you carry public liability insurance?
- Is VAT included?
What the work usually involves
- Replacing slipped or broken slates and tiles
- Flat roof repairs and replacement
- Gutters, fascia and soffit
- Chimney flashing and roof windows
What to put in your task
- Where the water comes in, and when — every rain or only in wind
- The type of roof: slate, tile or flat
- Photos from the ground, if you can take them safely
- Whether there is access at the side and back
County Donegal in figures
Construction as a whole. The CSO does not publish enterprise counts per trade at county level, so this figure is not a count of any one trade.
Re-roofing · Carrigart
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